Dog Saves Baby Deer From Drowning by Jumping Into Waters off Long Island

Dog Saves Baby Deer From Drowning by Jumping Into Waters off Long Island

Dogs may be man’s best friend while they also share empathy with their own kind. Call it instinct or a dog’s caring nature, a dog saved a baby deer from the water off the coast of Long Island in New York. A video that has been going viral on social media shows a golden retriever, Storm, running towards the water to pull out the deer which is drowning in water. According to the owner of the dog, Mark Freeley, he was walking along the Long Island in the morning along with two of his dogs, Sarah and Storm when the later spotted the head of the deer popping out of the water.

Talking about the incident, CBS New York quoted Freeley as saying, “Storm just plunged into the water and started swimming out to the fawn, grabbed it by the neck, and started swimming to shore. And then he started nudging it, and started pulling it to make sure she was gonna be OK I guess.” Meanwhile, Freeley was recording video of his walk with his dogs not knowing what was in store for them. As soon as the fawn reached the shore, Storm laid next to it to ensure it was doing fine. After Storm pulled the deer out of the water, Freeley called the experts to check on the rescued animal. But after they started walking on the beach, the deer ran back into the water.

Freeley and Frank Floridia of Strong Island Rescue plunged into the water to save the animal. Florida said that with the help of a rope it took them eight minutes to get hold of the animal. In the video, Freeley is heard complementing Storm by saying “Good boy, Storm” when he first brought the fawn to the shore. When lies down on the shore, Freely says,
p>“Leave him, Storm, it’s OK.” Eric Kutzing also from the rescue group then carried the fawn to the rescued fawn. She said that it was covered in ticks and also had an eye injury.